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Dr. Ihor Sawczuk Named to 30-Year Fellowship Distinction by New York Academy of Medicine

Ihor Sawczuk, M.D., FACS, Hackensack Meridian Health’s president of Academics, Research and Innovation, has reached an impressive milestone: he is a 30-Year Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Sawczuk, also associate dean of Clinical Integration and professor and

Lori A. Leslie M.D. Authors Current Medical Research and Opinion Paper

Lori A. Leslie, M.D., director of the indolent lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) research programs at Hackensack University Medical Center’s John Theurer Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the lead author of a recent paper

Welcome Faiz Y. Bhora, M.D., FACS, as Central Region Chair of Surgery

Faiz Y. Bhora, M.D., FACS, has joined Hackensack Meridian Health as the inaugural Regional Chair of Surgery for the central region. Dr. Bhora is an internationally recognized thoracic surgeon, who is an expert at performing complex robotic and minimally invasive

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Vice Dean Hoffman Honored with Prestigious ELAM/ELH Fellowship

Miriam Hoffman, M.D., Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, has been named the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®), a year-long part-time fellowship for women faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry,

Michael B. Harris, M.D., Professorship Established at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

A $1 million gift from an anonymous donor has been made in honor of Michael B. Harris M.D., director emeritus of the Children’s Cancer Institute and former director of the Cure and Beyond Survivorship Program, who helped to create the

AAMC Awards Dean Stanton Posthumous Honor

Special Recognition Award goes to late dean for a lifetime in medical education Bonita F. Stanton, M.D., the late dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, was honored with a special award for her decades in medical education. Stanton,

Hackensack Meridian Health Doctor, Bioethicist Publishes Surgery Decision-making Piece in New England Journal of Medicine

Charles Binkley, M.D., FACS, HEC-C, the director of Bioethics for the health network’s Central Region, and also an associate professor of Surgery at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine explores the difficulties of decision-making for surgeons in a new piece

Abdulla Mohammad Al-Khan, M.D. Honored by New Jersey Department of Commerce

Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan, vice chairman and director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine & Surgery and The Center for Abnormal Placentation at Hackensack University Medical Center, was honored as the Distinguished Citizen of the Year by the New Jersey Department of Commerce. Dr. Al-Khan was

Hackensack University Medical Center Welcomes Thoracic Surgeon Michael Spallone, M.D., MBS

Hackensack University Medical Center welcomes thoracic surgeon Michael Spallone, M.D., MBS, to its thoracic surgery team. Dr. Spallone earned a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He then earned his

Richard Schlussel, M.D. Returns from Surgery Mission in Ecuador

Richard Schlussel, M.D., Director of Pediatric Urology at Hackensack University Medical Center just wrapped up a surgery mission in Guayacil, Ecuador at the Hospital de Roberto Gilbert. The humanitarian trip was in coordination with the non-profit organization, Healing The Children, which provides

Jeffrey Boscamp Named to NJBIZ ‘Power 50 for Education’

Jeffrey Boscamp, M.D., interim dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, was named to the “NJBIZ Power 50 for Education,” an annual list of the state’s leaders who support education. Boscamp, who took on the top role at the

Matthew Saybolt, M.D., FACC Leads First Procedure in N.J. Using Next-Generation Evolut FX System

Matthew Saybolt, M.D., FACC, medical director, Structural Heart Disease Program at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, led the treatment of New Jersey’s first patient using the next-generation, self-expanding Evolut™ FX Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) System, a minimally invasive alternative